Scandinavia is only the
Countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Finland is not in Scandinavia
but is part of the Nordic Countries as are the other three countries.

Generally speaking it would be
true to say that The Danes and Norwegians are more
friendly towards each other
than with The Swedes who are regarded more as 'big brother' .
Norwegian language to the
visitor is Danish with a Swedish accent !!
Danish is very flat and
is swallowed at the back of the throat, whilst Swedish is much more sing-songy.

The Faroe Islands are
Danish 'owned' and send two representatives to the Danish Folketing
(Parliament),
as does Greenland which clearly is geographically no where
near Europe even !
Iceland is also regarded as being a close
relative to The Scandinavian Countries but is still not one,
but is a
Nordic Country like Finland .

Therefore just as there can be
confusion regarding Britain, England, United Kingdom and
The British Isles,
there is a similar problem in the very North of Europe also.

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Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 and died in 1896.
and thus started the giving of the annual Nobel Prizesnobel prizes

In obedience to your directions to report the proceedings of the Squadron
which you did em the honour to place under my command, I beg leave to inform you
that having, by the assistance of that able Officer Captain Riou and the
unremitting exertions of Captain Brisbane and the Masters of the Amazon and
Cruizer in particular, buoyed the Channel of the Outer Deep and the position of
the Middle Ground, the Squadron passed in safety and anchored off Draco the
evening of the 1st.

Yesterday morning I made the signal for the Squadron to weigh and to engage
the Danish line, consisting of six sail of the Line, eleven floating batteries,
mounting from twenty-six twenty-four pounders to eighteen eighteen pounders and
one Bomb-ship, besides Schooner Gun-Vessels. These were supported by the Crown
Islands mounting eight-eight cannon and four Sail of the Line moored in the
Harbour's mouth and some batteries on the Island of Amak.

The Bomb-ship and Schooner Gun-Vessels made their escape. The other seventeen
sail are sunk, burnt, or taken, being the whole of the Danish line to the
southward of the Crown Islands, after a battle of four hours.

From the very intricate navigation the Bellona and Russell unfortunately
grounded but although not in the situation assigned them yet so placed to be of
great service. The Agamemnon could not weather the shoal of the Middle Ground
and was obliged to anchor but not the smallest blame can be attached to Captain
Fancourt: it was an event to which all the Ships were liable.

The Action began at five minutes past ten - the Van led by Captain George
Murray of the Edgar who set a noble example of intrepidity which was well
followed up by every Captain, Officer and Man of the Squadron. I beg leave to
express how much I feel indebted to every Captain, Officer and Man for their
zeal and distinguished bravery on this occasion.

The loss in such a battle has naturally been very heavy. Amongst many other
brave officers I have with sorrow to place the names of the gallant and good
Captain Riou and Captain Moss of the Monarch who has left a wife and six
children to lament his loss.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Nelson & Bronte

( The Battle of Copenhagen is the famous occasion when Nelson
held the telescope to his blind eye )

The Second Battle of Copenhagen 1807British Bombardment of Copenhagen and the
surrender
of the City and Danish fleet on 7 September 1807Battle of Copenhagen (1807)

Whilst Admiral Lord Nelson had died at the
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and it was
Admiral James Gambier who led the attack on Copenhagen ,another interesting
sidenote
is that a certain General Wellesley defeated the Danish forces at Køge, South
of Copenhagen
a few days before the battle. General Wellesley was of course to become
more famous as
The Duke of Wellington and like Lord Nelson to become a great British war hero
and finally
the victor over Napoleon at The Battle Waterloo in 1815. General Wellesley
(The Duke of Wellington)
later also became The British Prime Minister.
Another interesting point was the Horse used By The Duke of Wellington
at the Battle of Waterloo was called Copenhagen.------------------------------------------------------------------An excellent link to discover more information about the
street names
and history of Copenhagen city can be found on this link : Absalon